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Musician's Friend

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Musician's Friend reviews

2.7

35% would recommend to a friend

(115 total reviews)

Greg Trojan

34% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Musician's Friend has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 115 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Musician's Friend employee rating is 30% below average for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.9 stars).

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115 reviews
3.0
Jun 20, 2013

Amazing People, Disastrous Management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

1) the people you work with at MF are the most amazing, sincere, fun people. I made some lifelong friends at MF...and so many people I admire. Never have I worked with such great teams! 2) Perks! If you are a musician, you couldn't work anywhere better. Live music, discounted gear, gear auctions, and so many perks make this a musician's paradise.

Cons

1) the management. Once Bain bought the company, everything became about money. Perks were cut, stress was increased, and I was asked to do some pretty unethical things to make a quick buck. Upper management cares only for themselves and talent is interchangeable and unvalued. Be prepared to fight for your job every week. 2) multiple brands all competing with each other is horrible. Brand infighting completely destroys promotions and marketing efforts. It's sad.

1.0
Sep 27, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

There are a lot of really great people once you get past management. The vendors are great to deal with.

Cons

The management has no respect for the staff or for the vendors that make the products they sell. Great employees are being run off because they are treated like a replaceable commodity. There is zero loyalty to the staff. They ran a couple of employee surveys a few years back, and they turned out so bad that they are afraid to run them again. Integrity issues...

1.0
Oct 11, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Most co-workers were nice and friendly to work with. I made a lot of friends there, but inside of work they were miserable like myself.

Cons

Just about everything else. Very poor management who are "fat cats". They pay management a great salary and everyone else (that actually do the work) get peanuts. LOTS of politics going on.

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